Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-07
UNDER THE CrLDED DOME.

StOfrg Agricultural School Receiving Much Attentton-The Senate Weekly Payment BiII Passes Both Houses The Longest Debate of the Session Held over the BIlI 1n she House. HARTFORD, April 6, 1887. Special to the JOURNAL CoURIER.1 The committees are finishing their work and the business of the session will very soon be in the hands of the two houses. Un- l less much time is wasted in useless debate the session it is thought can be closed on l Friday, the 18th inst. But the adoption of
 the revised statutes might carry it on to a | later date. The consideration of the work | of the commission will of course occupy | time. This afternoon there were no com | mittee hearings. Several executive sessions
 were held after the protracted Session in the | House.
 l In the Senate this morning the Senate | weekly payment bill and the Hill amend
 ment. providing that payments may be made | within eight days were taken up and the lat l ter was agreed to. Senator Sumner offered | @ further amendment to the third section. l This section provides $50 fine to go to the State. The amendment restored the origi-
 nal third section making a $50 penalty, one-
 half to the person suing and one-half to the State. Another amendment making it obli- gatory upon the workmen to demand their pay at the usual place of payment was agreed | to. Senator Leach offered an amendment
 making the bill apply to private firms and individuals, and he claimed that corporations should not be subjected to any laws which are not imposed upon any individual If the employees of corporations are to receive bene- fits those of firms or individuals will be wronged. Senators Cole and Sumner op- posed the amendment. A yea and nay vote
 resulted IA nays to 9 yeas. The yeas and
 nays on the final passage of the bill resulted as follows: Yes-Sumner, Kirkham, Dun bar, Doolittie, Graham, Gallagher. Beckwith, Hall, Allen, Walsh, Hill, Cole, Lucas, Lamb, Coffin, Pratt. H, de; 17. No-Bailey, Mat thews, Burnham, Bates, Hotchkiss, Leach; 6. After minor matters had been heard the
 Senate took up the order of the day, Senator
 Gallagher's resolution that federal taxes on
 imported lumber coal, iron and copper ore,
 wool and salt are serious damage to the
 State of Connecticut" !" and asking our repre-
 sentatives in Congress to endeavor to place
 the articles named on the free list. Senator Gallagher made a long and very able argu- ment in behalf of the resolution which re- ceived the majority report at the hands of the committee. The speech lasted for over an hour and half and was adjudged by all who heard it as one of the most notable and
 telling speeches that have been heard at the
 Capitol for years. He did not admit that his
 advocacy of this resolution entitled him to
 be ranked as free trader, as he had been
 termed by the newspapers, and proceeding crit icised some of the views in opposition to the
 resolution. Senator Gallagher said that he wanted it distinctly understood that he favored the retaining of the duties on manu- factured articles up to the point ot protec- tion, but he was in favor of taking off the duties on the raw materials named, as that would result in benefit to our manufac- turers. Lumber should come in free, for it's use is general and largely by the poorer classes for their houses and fences and furniture. Why impose duty on coal? Is it not solely for the benefit of the Pennsylvania coal mine
 owners and raiiroadss They say you shall not go to England or Nova Scotia for your coal. They create monopoly and every
 manufacturer and everyone who uses coal
 pays it. This Pennsylvania coal eombina- tion is unjust alike to it's
 buyers ard it's employees, the latter
 being ground down to starvation wages. At the conclusion of Senator Gallaghers speech Senator Graham's resolution was sub- stituted for MT. Gallagher's and was passed, there being but two dissenting voices. Beckwith and Gallagher voted in opposition. The Senate then adjourned after agreeing to meet to morrow (Thursday) morning at 1915 on motion of Senator Coffin.
 The House members were tired, very tired, when to- days session was finished. Morn ing and afternoon sessions were held. Tn, 1JOh in corporated in concurrence with the Senate Several miIur matters were passed. The committee on railroads reported favorably on bill making it the duty of all railroad companies trustees in possession and re- ceivers operating any railroads in this State to report to the board of railroad commis- sioners in their several returns for the year 1887 the system of lighting and heating in use upon the passenger cars of their several roads.
 After November, 1887, the railroad con-
 missioners may make any and all orders
 which shall seem to them to be required by
 public safety and prudence relative to heat
 ing and lighting passenger cars. The bill
 was passed.
 Representative Scanlan, of Hartford, pre-
 scented set of patriotic resolutions similar to
 those introduced in the New York and Penu-
 sylvania legislatures expressing sympathy
 the Irish people over the course being taken
 by the British Parliament in it's attempts to
 coerce them and deprive them of their just rights, and rendering to that gallant Irish
 patriot, Charles Stewart Parnell (the son of an American mother, and the grandson of our own brave and heroic Stewart, familiarly called ''Old Ironsides'' our most hearty moral support in his efforts to obtain justice for Ireland, and we also greet the father of all
 statesmen, William E. Gladstone, and pray secured the franchise for every Englishman and home rule for Ireland. After patriotic remarks by MT. Scanlan and NIT. Hyde of
 Hartford, Mr. Coughlin of Bridgeport, MT.
 Hurd of Bristol and MT. Davis, the resolu- tions were passed unanimously and ordered
 transmitted to the Senate.
 The special order was called for at II l o'clock. After considerable debate the bill l concerning weekly payments of wages was tabled. The substitute bill providing for boards of arbitration to whom are to be re- ferred all questions arising between employ CTS and employees. MT. Higgins said that he had approached the subject with great deal of hesitation, and after very full and com plete hearing the committee had arrived at the conclusion that the method of arbitra-
 tion proposed in the bill we'll cal culated to satisfactorily settle all ques-
 tions of dispute between capital
 and labor. The only solid and safe prin-
 cip1e of government was that founded on
 the principle of arbitration. He was aware
 that the bill as drawn was crude and imper
 
 amendment was offered striking out that
 portion of section three of the bill which
 provides that complaints by the board of
 arbitration shall be made in writing by not
 less than five persons, comprising guild,
 union, association, or society in any specific
 trade or employment, and providing that
 persons not members of any such society
 can make complaints. The amendment was
 opposed, as it was thought it would kill the bill, and on rising vote after de- bate was lost, TT to 58. Another amendment providing that the board of arbitration shall not have power to discharge or order the dis charge or employment of any person was Of fered by MT. Shumway, who in defense of it thought that human rights ought to be re- spected, and be did not think that it was in the interest of good government to interfere with the rights of individuals in the manner proposed. He was opposed to encouraging the idea that all persons who happened to l think they were aggrieved could bring about a reason of strife.